Litecoin was created by a former Google employee in 2011 and boasts zero payment costs and facilitates payments approximately four times faster than Bitcoin.
Which cryptocurrency was created as a result of a meme?
Originating from the Doge meme, this cryptocurrency was originally introduced as a "joke currency" but quickly developed an online community and now has capitalisation of over $240M.
Which cryptocurrency has seen its value increase by over 3000% in 2017?
Released in 2012, Ripple aims to enable "secure, instant and nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no charge backs'.
Which cryptocurrency was created to improve anonymity for Bitcoin users?
Growing from the Zero Project, which aimed to improve the anonymity of Bitcoin users, Zcash payments are published on a public blockchain.
Which currency has a set number of 21M coins on the market?
The most well known cryptocurrency by quite a margin, Bitcoin is still going strong. Over 100,000 merchants and vendors now accept Bitcoin as a payment for their goods, although the cryptocurrency can also be held as an investment.
Which cryptocurrency is second in terms of market share?
Hitting a record high in November 2017 of $425.55, Ethereum is second behind Bitcoin as the world's favourite cryptocurrency.
Originally released as XCoin, what is the name of this cryptocurrency today?
Formely known as Darkcoin and XCoin, Dash offers features such as instant transactions (InstantSend) and private transactions (PrivateSend). The daily trade volume of Dash is reported to be around $100M per day.